With a weekend of Glastonbury's sheer magnitude, it's nigh on impossible to try and capture everything within a single review - although we've made a fair attempt with our Glastonbury Diary. Here we offer DiS writers' musical highlights of the festival, from the audiovisual showdown that was Beyonce's Sunday night headline set to Radiohead's 'secret' set and psychedelic dance-pop from Caribou.»
DiS' Rory Gibb pilgrimaged to Pilton, and here's his diary.... "There are so many stages, bars, themed areas and tiny oddities to discover across the course of five days that it’s no longer necessary to worry about being at a certain place for a certain band at a certain time. That’s something the BBC’s TV coverage only ever touches upon, and even commentary from news outlets like the Guardian often downplays its importance, beyond spouting vague pronouncements about the ‘Glasto spirit’."»
After DiS’ Top 10 picks for acts to see at Glastonbury, we thought it’d be an idea to highlight some of the acts DiSers have been recommending on the boards.»
In lieu of trying to provide a blanket overview of such a huge line-up, here we offer DiS’ top ten picks for the weekend, bringing together some of the biggest and smallest acts worth your time and addled attention...»
The gates of Glastonbury open in a mere 5 days, and DiS is excited that we've thrown together a big ol' Spotify playlist of sixty-five tracks from acts on this year's bill. And you can listen to it on Spotify by clicking here.»
Glastonbury Part 4: Sunday Simon Jay Catling: Well, well, well…christ I'm knackered. Revelling in the sun is Hard Work. Your heart bleeds I’m sure. Anyway, the last proper morning with Team Hospitality becomes eminently more comfortable when most of »
Glastonbury Part 3: Saturday Much like Gorillaz', my Friday night was a bit of a squib, passed out as I was by 2am, feet poking out my tent. The weather’s playing hardball today and some acts are preferred by dint of them playing in the shade - look re»
Glastonbury Part 2: Friday Wherein me and Sean Thomas, despite in no way making contact throughout the weekend, act like we totally did, and bring you a collaborative effort… Read Part One of our Glastonbury content here. Simon Jay Catling: Frida»
Glastonbury Festival Part 1: Thursday A fistful of printed out sheets, carefully worked out timetables and best laid plans become irrelevant before I’ve even set foot upon Glastonbury Festival turf; as my lift share companion drives over the crest of a»
In Photos: Glastonbury Festival 2010 - Day 2»
As DiS’s own Michael Dawson, thanks to my relatively late call-up to cover Glastonbury, there’s been no small amount of last-gasp poring over flipcharts, GANTT graphs, reading tea leaves, throwing bones etc. etc. as I try and deduct who the chuff I’m going to see over the festival’s duration. Plus, as it’s my first time, all of Wednesday and probably Thursday (and maybe even some of Friday) will most likely be spent wandering about gawping to no-one particularly interested that 'cripes, it’s even bigger when you’re actually here isn’t it?' Aside from that though I’m going to aim to see at least a handful of acts per day - that is if my brain doesn’t get turned to mush by the sheer logistics of it all (that’s what they call drinking these days is it?) The following is likely to be as clear as mud (b‘dm tsch) but does attempt to narrow down the many directions in which the next few days could take… »
There’s been a strangely low-key build up to this year’s Glastonbury Festival, even more so considering that it celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.»
The concluding part of DiS' Andrzej Lukowki's adventures at Glastonbury 2009.»
DiS's epic rundown of Glastonbury 2009 rolls on to the Saturday - go here to read about Friday, and here for plucky little cousin Thursday. --- It would be both difficult and tedious to communicate how monumentally awful DiS feels when a blithely vengef»
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